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Estimates of how many men have committed rape vary widely by study, definition and country: population surveys that ask about perpetration show some high figures (for example one notable South African...
Viewing or possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is treated as a crime in U.S. law and by major advocacy groups: federal statutes and state laws make creation, possession, or distribution of C...
The data provided indicate a : advocacy-group summary figures show that only about 28 out of every 1,000 sexual assaults lead to a felony conviction and roughly 25 perpetrators per 1,000 are sentenced...
Viewing, downloading and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) trigger different legal exposures across jurisdictions: production and distribution are treated as the most serious offenses wi...
Available sources report that the overwhelming majority of recorded rape perpetrators are men — U.S.-focused sources cite nearly 99% of perpetrators as male and other national data consistently show a...
The evidence assembled across multiple studies and summaries shows that , with commonly reported estimates ranging from roughly 50% to around 60% depending on data source and definitions. Key national...
Available sources agree that the great majority of people convicted of rape are men and the large majority of victims are women: multiple summaries cite figures like “nearly 99% of perpetrators are ma...
Available sources give multiple ways people report a "rape conviction rate" for the U.S. in recent years — commonly cited headline figures include "7 felony convictions per 1,000 rapes" (equivalently ...
Estimates of how many men are raped vary widely by dataset and definition: some U.S. surveys find about 3% of men have experienced attempted or completed rape in their lifetimes (RAINN citing older NI...
There is no single, publicly available dataset in the provided sources that lists annual U.S. convictions for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) broken down by federal versus state prosecutions; feder...
Victimization surveys and research reviews show female-perpetrated sexual assault is a minority of total cases but not negligible: studies estimate female perpetrators account for roughly 5–20% of chi...
Federal U.S. law criminalizes producing, distributing, receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and carries “severe penalties,” including mandatory minimums and lengthy prison terms...
If you accidentally encounter child sexual abuse material (CSAM), do not share, download, or forward it and report it immediately to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline...
Reported rates of forcible rape and sexual assault in the United States have declined on long historical timelines but remain high and undercounted: FBI data compiled by Statista shows reported forcib...
Courts have regularly convicted people for possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), but the sources here do not document a clear catalogue of cases where defendants were convict...
The available recent reporting shows , because countries measure and report sexual violence in different ways and underreporting is pervasive. U.S. sources document serious levels of sexual violence a...
Proving intent in federal CSAM receipt prosecutions often relies on circumstantial evidence: file names, search histories, use of AI generators or editing tools, admissions to investigators, and evide...
An admission of having seen CSAM can be strong evidence but by itself is often legally insufficient to secure conviction without corroborating proof such as possession, distribution, creation, or fore...
If you accidentally view or receive suspected CSAM, experts and official guidance converge on two immediate imperatives: do not save or share the material, and report it to the proper channels (platfo...
Viewing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is treated seriously under U.S. law: federal and state statutes criminalize the creation, possession, and distribution of CSAM and treat it as evidence of ch...